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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
2
L. L. Conner of Whittington and L. L. Conner Lumber Co. were named in a U.S. Department of Labor injunction for underpaying workers. He must pay $1.60 hourly minimum and overtime, maintain records, and faces Fair Labor Standards Act charges.
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace aims to run in Illinois as a presidential candidate. Backers plan to file petitions with Secretary of State Paul Powell seeking about 25 000 signatures, with at least 200 from each of 50 counties. The electoral board will decide qualification.
The Citizens Advise Committee postponed a vote on whether Carbondale's urban renewal agency should become a city department. Twenty members attended as the codes and ordinances subcommittee proposed formal coordination methods and agency information exchange. The CAC will review the subcommittee's report in about two months.
Albert Ross of Carbondale charged the Community Conservation Board with discrimination in hiring Gerald Osborne for the northeast urban renewal project director post. Ross argued the job was not publicly advertised, violating the State Fair Employment Practices Act, and urged new applications including from the Northeast Carbondale West Carbendale EEOP project director. Congress postponed action, planning discussion next meeting.
The calendar lists Southern Illinois University summer theater production West Side Story at Muckelroy Auditorium with tickets 1.50 for students and 2.25 for others sold at the University Center Information Desk and Communications Building Box Office. Also shows multiple film and event options across Herrin Carbondale Marion and Murphysboro locations with showings at Rodgers Theater Anna Drive-In Marlows Theatre Fox Riviera Orpheum and University Theater.
Interested persons for the play Love is Eternal at the Murphysboro Apple Festival should attend a meeting at 8 p m Friday or Saturday in the meeting room of the Murphysboro City National Bank.
Neil Simon comedy about newlyweds in a fifth floor East Side apartment opens at Southern Illinois University Theater to a larger than average audience. The former New Yorker narrator notes nostalgic overtones while admitting some jokes may land better with locals.
Murphysboro Class of 1948 reunion scheduled for 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. A drama review praises Faith Monen and the SIU stage cast in Barefoot in the Park directed by Sherwin Abrams. Funeral set for Roy Raymond C. Roberts in Anna with viewing today.
Local listings show Anna Drive In offering two features sweet ride and time for killing this Sunday. Moviegoers can expect standard admission and showtimes as the sun fades.
In Chicago, U S District Court Judge Joseph S Perry refused the Illinois Central Railroad's bid for a temporary injunction to bar an engineer strike. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers warned of a work stoppage over a cash dispute about training supervisory staff as engineers. The judge held engineers have the right and responsibility to operate the trains.
Creal Springs report lists Charles Murphy, 22, cited for attempting to elude a police officer and driving without a license. Bail or fine amounts noted as $55 and $15 respectively. No other details provided.
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily paper published in Carbondale with editions in Herrin and Murphysboro. It notes second class postage, office addresses, and its status as successor to three local papers. The Associated Press provides local news republication and dispatches.
P. R. Mallory and Co. Inc confirms sale of its 50 000 square foot Du Quoin plant which employs about 60 people. Production to be moved to other Mallory facilities as vibrators prize limited demand prompts closure within two to four months. Mallory operated at Du Quoin since 1956. Police investigate break in at Richardson’s Mill service station and grocery on east city limits. nothing reported stolen.
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